The hidden game of baseball : a revolutionary approach to baseball and its statistics / John Thorn and Pete Palmer with David Reuther ; foreword by Keith Law.
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TextPublisher: Chicago ; London : University of Chicago Press, 2015Copyright date: ©1984Edition: Third edition, enlargedContent type: - text
- computer
- online resource
- 9780226242484 (paperback) :
- 796.357021 23
- GV867 .T49 2015
- Also issued online.
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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| E-Resources | Main Library E-Resources | 796.357021 T496 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | E003342 |
"Originally published by Doubleday & Company, Inc. in 1984."--Title page verso.
Formerly CIP. Uk
Includes bibliographical references.
The music of sphere and ash -- What's wrong with traditional baseball statistics -- The new statistics -- The linear weights system -- There's no place like home -- The theory of relativity and other absolute truths -- The good old days are now -- The book . . . and the computer -- Rising to the occasion -- 44 percent of baseball -- Measuring the unmeasurable -- What makes teams win -- Great single-season performances -- The ultimate baseball statistic -- Rumblings in the pantheon.
Long before Moneyball became a sensation, or Nate Silver turned the knowledge he'd honed on baseball into electoral gold, the authors were using statistics to shake the foundations of the game. In this book, they argue in favor of more subtle measurements that correlated much more closely to the ultimate goal: winning baseball games
Also issued online.
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